VoIP\IP telephony & Class 4, 5

Earlier in the week Apple Inc. got smacked upside the head by whatever the British regulatory entity is that follows truth-in-advertising. The reason? Saying the iPhone provides a true Internet experience.See, the problem is — and I know this is tough to own up to, iPhone lovers — but the device provides no support for Flash or Java. And last ...

Is this the start of an anti-conglomerate trend? A return to our industry focusing on core competencies? After a successful run in the applications server space, VoIP maestro GENBAND on Thursday said it was spinning off its M6 application server product line and customer base to fellow VoIP maestro BroadSoft Inc.. Rather than remaining Mozart and Salieri, in direct rivalry, ...

A new report by researcher In-Stat shows cable telephony growth continues to be strong. Almost eight million new subscribers around the world have been added in the past year.North American growth has been especially strong as cable operators near the end of their transition to VoIP-enabled network architectures.In-Stat’s research found:Worldwide cable telephony service revenues are on track to reach $12.6 ...

A new report from Infonetics Research says some softness materialized in the otherwise healthy service provider VoIP equipment market in the second quarter of 2008. The overall worldwide market is down 4 percent, led by double-digit declines in the session border controller (SBC) and softswitch segments.The research shows the SBC segment posted its first sequential decline ever, dropping 14% from ...

While movie heroes make landing out-of-control airliners look almost effortless, AT&T Inc. (T) and some other telcos are struggling just to pull their standalone VoIP services out of a revenue nosedive.The latest indication of an adjusted VoIP flight plan was the recent revelation (first reported by xchange) that AT&T has stopped taking new orders for its 4-year-old, public Internet-based CallVantage VoIP ...